I'm not happy about the U.S. Postal Services decision to stop mail delivery on Saturdays. Mail will cease to be delivered on Saturday, beginning Aug. 1.

There are some exceptions to the new ruling, like mail-order packages, medicine and express mail. But items like bills, cards, letters, catalogs and junk mail will not be delivered on Saturday as of August.

The only thing even remotely good about this idea is one less trip to the recycling bin to throw outmy junk mail.

Is this really necessary? Has it truly gotten this bad? I can't honestly say, but it certainly is a shame.

I'm not so sure a move like this can actually occur without the powers that be, Congress, giving it approval. I can see a battle here in favor of both sides of this issue. Regardless, USPS officials say the decision can save as much as $2 billion a year.

The U.S. Postal Service is yet another victim of technology. Someday we'll pay the price for our reliance on technology, and it won't be pretty. We are putting way too much stock into its reliability. People are using e-mail and social media to relay information that would have normally been sent via a postal letter. That's all fine and dandy until Facebook, Google, Yahoo, Twitter or what-have-you decides to charge for such services. Don't tell me it won't happen someday. Everyone will probably have to have a PayPal account or use iTunes to use the services at some point. This is America and it's all about the God-almighty dollar.

I hope companies (places to whom you owe money) will readjust their payment practices to allow for delayed payment situation, considering mail won't be delivered on that day, which means most items will be behind at least one day in transition. Some companies won't tolerate payments if they arrive past their due date as it stands currently — I can only imagine how this will impact that issue come August.

I can't help but think of the Pony Express days and how important it mean to get the mail there on time.